Miami-Dade Municipality: West Miami, 2014. Source: Matthew Toro. 2014. [Note: Data used carry some minor geometric inaccuracies/errors. Not to be used for legal purposes.]

As you have hopefully already noticed, these maps were not generated at the same scale. That means, in terms of area, ‘small’ cities may appear big and ‘big’ cities may appear small. Be sure to pay attention to each map’s scale bar to get a grasp of what sort of spatial coverage you’re looking at in each map.

While, as of the date of this post (September 30, 2014), the Miami-Dade County municipal dataset was the most updated version available from the county, it is still a bit dated (last updated May 2012). As one can read in the comments section below, shortly after publication of this post, it was brought to my attention that there have been some annexations that have effectively changed the boundaries of some municipalities. I hope to address those boundary changes in future posts. Miami-Dade County documents the boundary changes of the last decade on the “Incorporation & Annexation” section of its website.

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6 responses to “Maps: Municipalities of Miami-Dade County”

This is interesting. Is the dis-jointed nature of these cities typical for a metro area in the US? Also, who manages and administers all the “grey areas” such as the little square in the northwest corner of Coral Gables affectionately referred to as “little gables”. You should ad an “all other” map